Holder for charts



E. E. GOODSPEED May 20, 1947.

Q HOLDER FOR CHARTS W m\ Q Q 7/ V//V/// M Filed May 17, 1945 Patented. May 20, 1947 UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE Claims. 1

This invention relates to holders for charts having thereon price or like data readable with reference to vertical and horizontal rows of indicia.

Such charts are widely used in merchandising such commodities, for example, as paper bags, Where the price varies with such factors as ba size and the particular stock used. While they are accurate as to the data, they are not satisfactory in use because of the ease with which an error can be made in visually coordinating the selected indicia of both rows to give the correct reading.

In accordance with my invention, I provide a holder for the chart which consists of a body having upstanding shoulders channelled to re ceive the sides of the chart and a slide having depending shoulders to slidably engage the ends of the body. Preferably the slide is connected to the body by providing the slide with a member interconnecting the depending shoulders to establish with the slide, a chart receiving slot. The chart itself may be made from a relatively stiff the same length as the body ID, it is maintained against endwise displacement by the shoulders I! of the slide I 6. In addition, the metal strip I9 serves to stress slightly the chart element I3 so that the slide It is frictionally held in any adjusted position. I preferably form the slide Hi stock or of relatively thin stool: associated with a relatively stiff member.

In the accompanying drawings, I have shown an illustrative embodiment of my invention from which its several novel features and advantages will be readily apparent. In the drawings:

Fig. 1 shows in elevation a chart holder in accordance with my invention, and

Figs. 2 and 3 are sections along the lines 22 and 33, respectively, of Fig. 1.

Whil chart holders in accordance with my invention may be variously made, the body it may be conveniently molded from any suitable and preferably opaque plastic. The body 10 has upstanding shoulders I! adjacent each of its sides and these are channelled as at E2 to receive the side edges of the chart element It. Intermediate the shoulders H, the body It is slightly rounded as will be apparent from Fig. 2.

The chart element 55 is relatively stiff and while it may be of cardboard stock or paper associated With'a relatively stiif member, I prefer that it be a Celluloid card having columns of data M and a vertical column l5 as one of the columns of indicia with reference to which the data is readable. 7

At 36, I have indicated a slide which may be of any transparent plastic such as Lucite. The slide has depending shoulders ll spaced to engage the ends of the holder iii and notched as at iii to facilitate manual adjustment of a slide. Embedded in the shoulders ii is' a thin metal strip i9 spaced from the slide ES to provide'a slot to receive the chart element t3.

By this construction, the slide it is slidable on the chart element 93 and by it assembled to the body Iii. As the chart element is of substantially with an intermediate portion 28 which has the other row of indicia with reference to which the data is readable. Adjacent portions 2| of the slide It establish straight edges and may be slightly convex in form to obtain magnification of the subjacent data.

By this construction, I am able to provide chart or like holders that are easy to assemble, compact and attractive in appearance, and ensure the accurate use of the data on the chart.

What I therefore claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1, A holder for a price chart or the like, comprising a body having upstanding shoulders along its sides grooved to establish mutually opposed channels, a slide having a pair of depending shoulders spaced to engage the ends of said body and a longitudinal slot parallel to the top surfaceof, said slide, and a relatively stiii chart member extending through said slot and marginally seated in said channels to attach said slide to said body for movement between said upstanding shoulders, said shoulders on said slide retaining said chart member against endwise displacement.

2. A holder for a price chart or the like, comprising a body having upstanding shoulders along its sides grooved to establish mutually opposed channels, a slide having a pair of depending shoulders spaced to engage the ends of said body and a member parallel to the top surface of said slide interconnecting said shoulder and defining with said slide a longitudinal slot, and a relatively stifi chart member extending through said slot and marginally seated in said channels to attach said slide tosaid body for movement between said upstanding shoulders, said shoulders on said slide retaining said chart member against endwise displacement.

3. The holder of claim 2, in which the slide is of transparent moldable stock and the interconnecting member is a strip of resilient stock molded into the shoulders of the slide.

4. A holder for a chart of relatively stifi stock having columns of data readable with reference to a vertical row of indicia, said holder comprising a body of substantially the length of said chartand having upstanding shoulders along its sides channelled to receive the sides of said chart,

and a slide of transparent stock having depending shoulders spaced to engage the ends of said body and having a longitudinal slot in parallel with the top surface of said slide and of the same length as said chart and through which said chart extends thereby to-slidably attach the slide to said body, and said slide having a row of indicia thereon readable with reference to the chart data.

5. The holder of claim 4, in which the slide has an intermediate portion for the row of indicia thereon and marginal straight edge portions shaped to afford magnification of the data on the chart.

EVERETT E. GOODSPEED.

REFERENCES CITED Number Number UNITED STATES PATENTS Name Date Warrens Feb. 16, 1904 Morichard May 17, 1927 Mehrer May 19, 1889 Ansell May 28, 1907 Thomas Nov. 1, 1927 FOREIGN PATENTS Country Date Great Britain Dec. 24, 1920 

